#1 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Kimball Theater
Williamsburg VA
~0.03 miles from Williamsburg city center
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For a taste of colonial theatricals, visit Merchant Square's Kimball Theatre, which frequently hosts live plays and performances.
Attraction type: Theater
http://www.kimballtheatre.com/visit/eventsAndExhib...
Address: Merchant Square Williamsburg, VA 23188
Tel: 757 565-8588
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Williamsburg Fine Art Gallery
501 Prince George St Williamsburg VA - 757-229-3900
~0.11 miles from Williamsburg city center
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum
Williamsburg VA
~0.16 miles from Williamsburg city center
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DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum also known as the DeWitt Wallace Gallery is located in Williamsburg, Virginia and is one of Colonial Williamsburg's attractions. It is named for DeWitt Wallace (1889-1981), who was co founder of Reader's Digest magazine with his wife Lila (1889-1984). After enjoying the restored colonial capital for over 50 years as visitors, the Wallaces became major benefactors of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation late in their lives.
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
307 S. England Street Williamsburg VA - 757-220-7698
~0.18 miles from Williamsburg city center
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The oldest institution in the country devoted exclusively to collecting, exhibiting, and researching American Folk Art.
http://www.history.org/history/museums/abby_art.cfm
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Bruton Parish Church
Williamsburg VA
~0.24 miles from Williamsburg city center
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Bruton Parish Church is located in the restored area of Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. It was established in 1674 in the Virginia Colony, and remains an active Episcopal parish.
The roots of Bruton Parish Church trace back to both the Church of England and the new settlement of the Colony of Virginia at Jamestown in the early 17th century. The role of the church and its relationship to the government had been established by King Henry VIII some years earlier. The same relationship was established in the new colony.
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Governor's Palace
Williamsburg VA
~0.36 miles from Williamsburg city center
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The Governor's Palace, home of the Colony of Virginia's Royal Governors, is located on Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg, Virginia. It is one of the two largest buildings at Colonial Williamsburg, the other being the Capitol.
During a large portion of the period Williamsburg was the Capital of the Virginia Colony (1699 to 1780), the Governor's Palace was the official residence of the royal governor. The original building took 16 years to construct, and was completed in 1721.
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Williamsburg Courthouse
Williamsburg VA
~0.39 miles from Williamsburg city center
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The Colonial Williamsburg Courthouse was constructed from 1770-1771 in the Georgian style. The courthouse is located facing Market Square with Duke of Gloucester Street running directly behind it. The property was acquired by Colonial Williamsburg in 1928, and was added to the National Register as a contributing property to the Williamsburg Historic District on October 15, 1966.
The courthouse once housed two separate court systems, one being the James City County Court, responsible for carrying out county cases, and the other, the Hustings Court, responsible for the city cases. The courthouse was built with red bricks with white wooden trim-boards and long arched windows with white shutters. A projected portico is located over one of the entrances and is unique in Georgian architecture. The hipped roof rests on an entablature with dentil moldings. The roof is pierced on both sides by a chimney and a central octagonal drum capped with a dome and a spire.
The courthouse was the site where Benjamin Waller read aloud the Declaration of Independence on July 25, 1776, after it arrived from Philadelphia.
The building was used as a hospital for the Confederate Army after the Battle of Williamsburg.
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Muscarelle Museum of Art
Po Box 8795 Williamsburg VA - 757-221-2700
~0.39 miles from Williamsburg city center
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The Muscarelle Museum of Art at The College of William & Mary is an art museum in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, on the College’s campus. It sits adjacent to the Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall on Jamestown Road. The museum was given to the College as a gift from alumni and friends and first opened its doors in 1983. The biggest donor was William & Mary alumnus Joseph L. Muscarelle (Class of 1927) and his wife Margaret. They and their family have continued to support the museum’s operation with funding through the years.
http://www.wm.edu/muscarelle
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg VA - 757-221-4000
~0.64 miles from Williamsburg city center
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William and Mary was estabilshed in 1693 by King William III and Queen Mary II. William and Mary is the second oldest college in the United States.
The College of William & Mary in Virginia (colloquially known as The College of William & Mary, The College, William & Mary, or W&M) is a public research university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1693 by a Royal Charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II, it is the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States.
William & Mary educated U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and John Tyler as well as other key figures important to the development of the nation, including U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall, Speaker of the House Henry Clay and 16 signers of the Declaration of Independence. W&M founded the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society in 1776 and was the first school of higher education in the United States to install an honor code of conduct for students. The establishment of graduate programs in law and medicine in 1779 make it one of the first universities in the United States. William & Mary is a member of the Colonial Colleges and is considered both a Southern Ivy and an original Public Ivy.
In 2008, the College enrolled 5,850 undergraduate students and 2,042 graduate and professional students in and granted 1,454 bachelors, 440 masters, and 209 professional degrees.
http://www.wm.edu
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg Museum
Po Box 1776 Williamsburg VA - 757-220-7950
~0.72 miles from Williamsburg city center
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Colonial Williamsburg is the nation’s largest living history museum encompassing 301 acres including some 500 buildings, homes, stores and taverns reconstructed and restored to their 18th-century appearances; tradesmen practicing 30 historic trades and domestic crafts; historical interpreters and character actors; and 90 acres of gardens and greens, and now featuring the live action drama, Revolutionary City™, daily from mid-March to the holiday season.
Some highlights are: the Governor’s Palace; the Capitol; the Museums of Colonial Williamsburg (DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum) and Bassett Hall.
Hours: Open daily. Hours vary.
Admission: Required for exhibition sites.
http://www.history.org/history/museums/index.cfm
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Bassett Hall
Williamsburg VA
~0.88 miles from Williamsburg city center
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Bassett Hall, a two-story, 18th-century frame house located on 585 acres of gardens and rolling woodlands, is a part of the story of the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg. It was in this house that John D. Rockefeller Jr. and his wife Abby Aldrich Rockefeller made their home during the early restoration of the Historic Area, a restoration they themselves financed.
20th-century family home
Today the house looks much as it did in the 1930s and 40s when the Rockefellers restored and furnished it to be a comfortable family home. Bassett Hall reflects both its 18th-century heritage and the neighborly comfort that was part of the Rockefeller's 20th-century life in Williamsburg. The garden blooms in the spring and fall, just as it did during the Rockefeller's seasonal visits. Extensive conservation work recently completed included the addition of more than 5,000 trees, shrubs, and ground cover, which returned the gardens to their 1940s-era appearance. Trails the Rockefellers established in the woods behind the home are still maintained.
Bassett Hall is located near the Capitol, on the south side of Francis Street at the end of a long, tree-lined approach. Admission to Bassett Hall is included in Colonial Williamsburg admission pass. This site is not a ticket sales location so please purchase your pass ahead of time.
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf
Williamsburg VA
~1.45 miles from Williamsburg city center
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Hoist your jib and set your sails for this pitch and putt course, where playing putt-putt is a little like walking the plank. You'll find plenty of pirate references to amuse you, including shipwrecks and skulls with eye patches, but don't worry, Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf is strictly family fare. From its two separate courses to its complimentary leis, it's a tropical tee-off, as you escape cascading waterfalls and rubber swords. Don't forget to check out the snack bar on your way out, and you can't leave without a handful of free Pirate's Cove stickers, plastic doubloon rings and pirate flags.
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg
Chesapeake Bay VA
~1.75 miles from Williamsburg city center
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Colonial Williamsburg is the historic district of the independent city of Williamsburg, Virginia. It consists of many of the buildings that, from 1699 to 1780, formed colonial Virginia's capital. The capital straddled the boundary of two of the original shires of Virginia, James City Shire (now James City County), and Charles River Shire (now York County). For most of the 18th century, Williamsburg was the center of government, education and culture in the Colony of Virginia. It was here that Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, James Monroe, James Madison, George Wythe, Peyton Randolph, and dozens more helped mold democracy in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United States.
The motto of Colonial Williamsburg is "that the future may learn from the past." [3] The Historic Area is meant to be an interpretation of a Colonial American city, with exhibits including dozens of authentic or accurately recreated colonial houses and relating to American Revolutionary War history. Prominent buildings in Colonial Williamsburg include the Raleigh Tavern, the Capitol, The Governor's Palace, and Bruton Parish Church. However, rather than simply an effort to preserve antiquity, the combination of extensive restoration and thoughtful recreation of the entire colonial town facilitates envisioning the atmosphere and understanding the ideals of 18th century American revolutionary leaders. Interpreters work and dress as they did in the era, and they use colonial grammar and diction, although not colonial accents.
The 301-acre (122 ha) Historic Area is located immediately east of the College of William and Mary, which was founded at Middle Plantation in 1693. The new College, long a desire of the colonists, was a key factor in the establishment of the town as capital of Virginia in 1698 and its renaming for King William III of England shortly thereafter. As the new city was laid out, the school's Wren Building stood at the western end of Duke of Gloucester Street, where it still stands today, opposite the site of the Capitol where the Burgesses and later legislators met.
Colonial Williamsburg is a major source of tourism to the Williamsburg area. It has also become a touchstone for many world leaders and heads of state, including U.S. Presidents. In 1983, the United States hosted the first World Economic Conference at Colonial Williamsburg. Colonial Williamsburg is the centerpiece of the surrounding Historic Triangle of Virginia area, which has become a popular tourist destination for visitors domestic and foreign. Jamestown and Yorktown, the other two points of the Historic Triangle, are linked to Colonial Williamsburg by the National Park Service's bucolic Colonial Parkway.
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Carter's Grove Plantation
Williamsburg VA
~2.97 miles from Williamsburg city center
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arter's Grove, also known as Carter's Grove Plantation, is a 750 acre (3 km²) plantation located on the north shore of the James River in the Grove Community of southeastern James City County in the Virginia Peninsula area of the Hampton Roads region of Virginia in the US.
The plantation was built for Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter, and was completed in 1755. It was probably named for both the prominent and wealthy Carter family and nearby Grove Creek. Carter's Grove Plantation was built on the site of an earlier tract known as Martin's Hundred which had first been settled by the English colonists around 1620. In 1976, an archaeological project discovered the site of Wolstenholme Towne, a small settlement downstream a few miles from Jamestown which had been developed in the first 15 years of the Colony of Virginia. The population of the settlement was decimated during the Indian Massacre of 1622.
After hundreds of years of multiple owners and generations of families, and the death of the last resident in 1964, Carter's Grove was added to Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's (CW) properties through a gift from the Rockefeller Foundation in 1969.
Carter's Grove was open to tourists for many years but closed its doors to the public in 2003 while its mission and role in CW's programs were redefined. Later that year, Hurricane Isabel rendered serious damage to Carter's Grove Country Road, which had linked the estate directly to the Historic Area, a distance of 8 miles (13 km), bypassing commercial and public roadways. In an efficiency move, Colonial Williamsburg shifted some of the interpretive programs to locations contiguous to the Historic Area in Williamsburg. The foundation announced in late 2006 that it would be offered for sale, under specific restrictive conditions.
In December 2007, the Georgian style mansion and 476 acres (1.93 km2) were acquired for $15.3 million by CNET founder Halsey Minor, who has announced plans to use the property as a private residence and a center for a thoroughbred horse breeding program with the Phipps family. A conservation easement on the mansion and 400 of the 476 acres (1.93 km2) is co-held by the Virginia Outdoors Foundation and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Williamsburg Prime Outlets
Williamsburg VA
~3.70 miles from Williamsburg city center
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Prime Outlets Williamsburg is the premier outlet shopping destination for Central and Southeastern Virginia with over 120 designer and brand name outlet stores offering savings up to 65% off.
Enjoy exceptional selection and savings from brands like Adidas, Burberry, Brighton, Brooks Brothers, Chico's, COACH, Columbia Sportswear, Dooney & Bourke, HUGO BOSS, GAP,Jones NY, Juicy Couture,kate spade, Michael Kors, Nike, Polo Ralph Lauren,PUMA and Tommy Bahama, just to name just a few.
Conveniently located just off I-64 on Rt. 60 in Williamsburg; the center is convenient to the cities of Richmond, Newport News, Hampton, Norfolk and Virginia Beach.
Prime Outlets Williamsburg welcomes groups of all sizes and provides special welcome packages for groups and bus tours that pre- register at primeoutlets.com/tourism.
Pet Friendly!
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Opens: 10:00 AM
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Water Country USA
Chesapeake Bay VA
~3.74 miles from Williamsburg city center
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Water Country USA
176 Water Country Parkway
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Take a step back in time and experience the latest in high-tech thrills. Water Country USA, the mid-Atlantic's largest water play park, features water rides, slides and entertainment -- all set to a 1950s and '60s surf theme. Don't miss our newest attraction, "Hubba Hubba Highway," an interactive river adventure. Guests can "cruise" down this free-floating river ride through drenching coconuts and cool geysers. Or, guests can gear up for a high-speed toboggan race aboard Meltdown. Racers can take a break and refuel at one of several restaurants or just enjoy a little fun in the sun. The park offers a surf shop and gift shop, five food service areas, locker rental, bathhouse facilities and free use of life vests and inner tubes.
http://www.watercountryusa.com
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Kings Creek Plantation
191 Cottage Cove Ln Williamsburg VA - 866-228-6796
~3.98 miles from Williamsburg city center
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Located in historic Williamsburg, this professionally managed resort offers the tasteful amenities to discriminating travelers just 14 miles from Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport. King's Creek Plantation, offering a private gated community of cottages and deluxe townhomes, serves as the perfect colonial backdrop to a Williamsburg vacation.
This family-friendly resort offers an aquatic center with an L-shaped indoor pool (including a children's section) and a spa tub. Three outdoor pools, which are complemented by poolside snack bars, are located on a sundeck with spa tubs. A fitness facility, four tennis courts, basketball courts and jogging paths are available on site. Children at King's Creek Plantation are treated to their own children's pool, and have access to the activities program several days a week, which features events such as movie nights with popcorn. There is a playground on the grounds and a game room in the resort's clubhouse. No pets allowed.
The one bedroom/one bath Cottage holds a maximum of 4 people and utilizes 1 king bed and 1 sleeper sofa. The two bedroom/two and a half bath cottage holds a maximum of 6 people and unit bedding includes 1 king bed, 2 twin beds, and 1 sleeper sofa. The three bedroom/three and a half bath cottage holds a maximum of 8 people and utilizes 2 king beds, 2 twin beds, and 1 sleeper sofa. The four bedroom/4 bath townhome holds a maximum of 12 people and unit bedding includes 2 king beds, 2 queen beds and 2 sleeper sofas. Cribs are available upon special request. Room amenities include in-room internet access, free local calls, hairdryer, in-room washer/dryer (Townhomes only), iron/ironing board, fireplace (all units except one bedroom/one bath cottage), CD/Stereo and a full kitchen.
Check in Procedures - If arriving after hours, please check in with the guard on duty.
http://www.kingscreekplantation.com
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Busch Gardens
Williamsburg VA
~4.37 miles from Williamsburg city center
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Warhill Sports Complex
5700 Warhill Trail Williamsburg VA
~4.57 miles from Williamsburg city center
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5700 WARHILL TRAIL
WILLIAMSBURG VA 23188
This complex is host to most local sporting events for County league play and tournaments. The baseball complex includes three lighted youth baseball fields, one lighted majors baseball field, four tee-ball fields, a concession building with restrooms and playground. The soccer/multiuse fields complex includes six synthetic turf multiuse fields, four premier full-size and four intermediate grass soccer fields and a concession building with restrooms. In addition, the Park includes three outdoor basketball courts, a one-mile paved multiuse trail, a 3.5 mile hiking trail, two ponds for shoreline fishing, the artificial turf James City County Stadium, and the 50,000 square foot Williamsburg Indoor Sports Complex. (Please note: The Williamsburg Indoor Sports Complex is a private for-profit venture that is not managed by James City County.)
http://www.jccegov.com/recreation/parks/warhill-sports.html
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Williamsburg Botanical Garden
Williamsburg VA
~5.52 miles from Williamsburg city center
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The Williamsburg Botanical Garden is a 501(c)(3) non-profit botanical garden currently taking shape in Williamsburg, Virginia.
The garden's board was established in 2001. As of Autumn 2008, the garden itself occupies a site (the Ellipse Garden in Freedom Park, at 5535 Centerville Road) as its board attempts to secure a second, larger location. The intent is to utilize both locations simultaneously, each according to its terrain and soil qualities.
The Ellipse Garden (2 acres) was dedicated in 2006. It contains more than 2,000 trees, shrubs, and other plantings in a butterfly garden, herb garden, native plant garden, perennial border, pinewoods and fernery, wetlands, and wildflower meadow.
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Jamestown Settlement
Jamestown VA
~5.61 miles from Williamsburg city center
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The Jamestown Settlement Colony was the first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America. Named for King James I of England, Jamestown was founded in the Virginia Colony on May 14, 1607 . In modern times, "Jamestown Settlement" is also a promotional name used by the Commonwealth of Virginia's portion of the historical attractions at Jamestown. It is adjacent and complementary to the Historic Jamestowne on Jamestown Island which is the actual historic site where the first settlers landed and lived that is run by the National Park Service and Preservation Virginia.
Jamestown was founded for the purposes of a quick profit from gold mining for its investors while also establishing a permanent foothold in North America for England, and for religious freedom. Jamestown followed the establishment of the successful settlement of St. John's, Newfoundland by 1583 and no fewer than eighteen earlier failed attempts at European colonization of the North American mainland, including the famous "Lost Colony" at Roanoke Island in what is now Dare County, North Carolina. Other successful colonies in North America were in Spanish dominions such as New Spain, New Mexico, and Spanish Florida.
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Williamsburg Freedom Park
Williamsburg VA
~5.96 miles from Williamsburg city center
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Attraction type: Biking trail, Hiking trail, Nature trail, Park
parks&rec@james-city.va.us
Address: 5535 Centerville Road Williamsburg, VA 23188
Tel: (757) 259-3200
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Go Karts Plus
Williamsburg VA
~6.55 miles from Williamsburg city center
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Go-Karts Plus is an action park in Williamsburg, Virginia. It is located near the Great Wolf Lodge, and is next to the Williamsburg Pottery Factory. Opened in 1989, it has been a popular destination for tourists visiting the area.
Go-Karts Plus has 3 major tracks; the Figure-8 Track, the Euro Track, and the Super Stock Kart Track. It also has a Rookie Track and the newly added Python Pit Roller Coaster for children who find themselves a little small for the bigger tracks. The Disk'o ride, added in 2005, is the parks first and only thrill ride. Go-Karts Plus also has a Bumper Boat pool, Bumper Cars, Mini-Golf, kiddie rides and an arcade.
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Lee Hall Mansion
Newport News VA
~8.83 miles from Williamsburg city center
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Lee Hall is a former unincorporated town (or village) long located in the former Warwick County. Since 1958, Lee Hall has been a suburban community in the extreme western portion of the independent city of Newport News in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Lee Hall was named for nearby Lee Hall Mansion which was built in 1859 as the home of Richard Decatur Lee, a prominent local farmer who was not directly related to the famous Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The mansion was used as headquarters for Confederate generals Joseph E. Johnston and John B. Magruder during the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War in 1862. Nearby is Endview Plantation, a 238-year-old house. Endview was used as a hospital during the Civil War and as a campground during the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and the Civil War.
Lee Hall Depot was a railroad station on the Peninsula Extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O), which was built through the area of Warwick County in 1881 to reach the new coal export facilities at Newport News on the port of Hampton Roads. On October 19, 1881, the first passenger train from Newport News took local residents and national officials to the Cornwallis Surrender Centennial Celebration at Yorktown on temporary tracks which were laid from Lee Hall Depot.
Lee Hall Depot became a very busy railroad station after the establishment nearby of Fort Eustis (originally named Camp Abraham Eustis) in 1918, with freight and heavy troop movements. the busy activity resumed during World War II. It was expanded to accommodate this role. East of Lee Hall, a rail spur leads to the base, where the Fort Eustis Military Railroad operated.
With the coming of the automobile as a common form of travel in the early 20th century, attention was directed to improving roads. As part of the Good Roads Movement, the new road which became U.S. Route 60 was routed from Williamsburg through Grove, bridging Skiffe's Creek as it entered Warwick County to reach Lee Hall. This routing was chosen rather than following a competing route via Halstead's Point in York County (now on the base of the US Naval Weapons Station Yorktown just northeast of the gate on VA-143).
Earlier, the east-west road which became U.S. 60 was State Route 9. SR 9 was renumbered as State Route 39 in 1923, and became U.S. 60 in the mid-1920s when it was routed through Grove. A large ceremony hosted by Warwick County treasurer and civic leader Simon Curtis was held at the Lee Hall Depot in 1924 to celebrate the completion of first hard-surfaced roadway (concrete) between Newport News and Williamsburg.
Two-laned U.S. 60 continues to form the main thoroughfare through the largely residential and neighborhood business section of Grove and Lee Hall, paralleling four-laned State Route 143 and Interstate 64. The village portion of Lee Hall is connected to I-64 via State Route 238 (Yorktown Road).
Although Warwick County became a city in 1952 and then was consolidated with Newport News in 1958, in the half century since, the Lee Hall area has retained a rural atmosphere, partially due to the proximity of the expansive Newport News Park and Newport News Reservoir along the former Warwick River and nearby Skiffe's Creek.
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Fort Eustis
VA
~9.50 miles from Williamsburg city center
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A 9000 acre training facility, Fort Eustis is the home of the US Army Transportation Corps
Fort Eustis is a United States Army military installation located in Newport News, Virginia.
The post is the home to the Army Transportation Corps, and also home to the U.S. Army Aviation Logistics School. The school's primary mission is to train the Army's Aviation branch personnel in aviation maintenance. The school is scheduled to be moved to Fort Lee as a result of the Base Realignment and Closure process.
Fort Eustis and its satellite installation, Fort Story, are the home of the U.S. Army Transportation Center, U.S. Army Transportation School, NCO Academy, Army Aviation Logistics School, 8th Transportation Brigade and 7th Sustainment Brigade. Other significant tenants include the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command's Operations Center (G-3), Army Training Support Center (ATSC) and the Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD). At Fort Eustis and Fort Story, officers and enlisted soldiers receive education and on-the-job training in all modes of transportation, aviation maintenance, logistics and deployment doctrine and research.
http://www.eustis.army.mil
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
U.S. Army Transportation Museum
Newport News VA
~10.15 miles from Williamsburg city center
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The U.S. Army Transportation Museum is a United States Army museum of vehicles and other transportation-related equipment and memorabilia. It is located on the grounds of Fort Eustis, Virginia, in Newport News, on the Virginia Peninsula.
The museum was established in 1959, in a warehouse using items initially collected for a recruiting exhibit, and got a main building in 1976. An open-air pavilion for aviation exhibits opened in 1987. The buildings, built at a total cost of US$765,000, and other capital improvements are funded by the Army Transportation Museum Foundation (ATMF). Since the foundation is prohibited by law from obtaining state or federal grants, private donations are the only funding source.
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Walter Reed Birthplace
4021 Hickory Fork Rd Gloucester VA - 804-693-7452
~10.51 miles from Williamsburg city center
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Major Walter Reed, M.D., (September 13, 1851 – November 23, 1902) was a U.S. Army physician who in 1900 led the team which postulated and confirmed the theory that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes, rather than by direct contact. This insight gave impetus to the new fields of epidemiology and biomedicine, and most immediately allowed the resumption and completion of work on the Panama Canal (1904–1914) by the United States.
Walter Reed was born in Belroi, Virginia, to Lemuel Sutton Reed (a Methodist minister) and Pharaba White. They later moved to Lebanon, Missouri, a city in Laclede County.
After two year-long classes at the University of Virginia, Reed completed the M.D. degree in 1869, at the age of 18. He then enrolled at the New York University's Bellevue Hospital Medical College in Manhattan, New York, where he obtained a second M.D. in 1870. After interning at several New York City hospitals, he worked for the New York Board of Health until 1875. He married Emilie (born Emily) Lawrence on April 26, 1876 and took her west with him. Later, Emilie would give birth to a son and a daughter and the couple would adopt a Native American girl while posted in frontier camps.
With his youth apparently limiting his influence, Reed joined the U.S. Army Medical Corps, both for its professional opportunities and the modest financial security it could provide. He spent much of his Army career until 1893 at difficult postings in the American West, at one point, looking after several hundred Apache Native Americans, including Geronimo. During one of his last tours, he completed advanced coursework in pathology and bacteriology in the Johns Hopkins University Hospital Pathology Laboratory.
Reed joined the faculty of the George Washington University School of Medicine and the newly-opened Army Medical School in Washington, D.C. in 1893, where he held the professorship of Bacteriology and Clinical Microscopy. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, he actively pursued medical research projects and served as the curator of the Army Medical Museum, which later became the National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM).
Reed first traveled to Cuba in 1899 to study disease in U.S. Army encampments there. Yellow fever became a problem for the Army during the Spanish-American War, felling thousands of soldiers in Cuba.
In May 1900, Reed, a major, returned to Cuba when he was appointed head of the Army board charged by Surgeon General George Miller Sternberg to examine tropical diseases including yellow fever. Sternberg was one of the founders of bacteriology during this time of great advances in medicine due to widespread acceptance of Louis Pasteur's germ theory of disease, as well as the methods of studying bacteria developed by Robert Koch.
During Reed's tenure with the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission in Cuba, the board confirmed both the transmission by mosquitoes and disproved the common belief that yellow fever could be transmitted by clothing and bedding soiled by the body fluids and excrement of yellow fever sufferers – articles known as fomites.
The board conducted many of its dramatic series of experiments at Camp Lazear, named in November 1900 for Reed's assistant and friend Jesse William Lazear, who had died two months earlier of yellow fever while a member of the Commission.
The risky but fruitful research work was done with human volunteers, including some of the medical personnel such as Lazear and Clara Maass who allowed themselves to be deliberately infected. The research work with the disease under Reed's leadership was largely responsible for stemming the mortality rates from yellow fever during the building of the Panama Canal, something that had confounded the French attempts to build in that region only 30 years earlier.
Although Dr. Reed received much of the credit in history books for "beating" yellow fever, Reed himself credited Dr. Carlos Finlay with the discovery of the yellow fever vector, and thus how it might be controlled. Dr. Reed often cited Finlay's papers in his own articles and gave him credit for the discovery, even in his personal correspondence
Following Reed's return from Cuba in 1901, he continued to speak and publish on yellow fever. He received honorary degrees from Harvard and the University of Michigan in recognition of his seminal work.
In November 1902, Reed's appendix ruptured; he died on November 22 , 1902, of the resulting peritonitis, at age 51. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
USCG Training Center
VA
~10.63 miles from Williamsburg city center
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Coast Guard Training and Support Center Cape May builds the enlisted corps by forging America's volunteers into basically trained, highly motivated and proud Maritime Guardians who are morally, mentally and physically fit to wear the Coast Guard uniform and execute Coast Guard missions in the 21st century. We are dedicated to supporting our tenant and collocated units' readiness and to enhancing the quality of life of those we serve.
TCYorktown's mission is TRAINING, the finest the Coast Guard has to offer. Each year thousands of Coast Guard personnel - active duty members, reservists, civilians, and auxiliarists - come here to master the latest techniques and applications of the modern Coast Guard. Training Center Yorktown also offers basic and advanced courses to personnel from the other armed services, state, and federal agencies, and allied nations throughout the world. Training Center Yorktown proudly upholds the Coast Guard's motto "Semper Paratus," graduating students "always ready" to meet today's challenges.
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/capemay/
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Newport News Park
Newport News VA
~12.23 miles from Williamsburg city center
Hotels Close to Newport News Park
Newport News Park, located in Newport News, Virginia, is the largest park in the system of municipal parks maintained by the Newport News Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism. At 8,065 acres (32.63 km²), it is one of largest city-run parks in the United States. It offers a wide range of activities for residents and tourists alike.
Newport News Park is located in the northern part of the city of Newport News. Its main entrance sits on Jefferson Avenue, to the northwest of its intersection with Ft. Eustis Boulevard. Further up Jefferson Avenue is the entrance to its campsite. To the northeast of the intersection, on Ft. Eustis Boulevard, is the secondary entrance at Old Stable Road, and further up Ft. Eustis Boulevard is the main entrance for the Newport News Golf Club at Deer Run, located on park grounds. Newport News Park shares a long stretch of border with the Colonial National Historical Park and several of the park's biking and hiking trails cross over into the CNHP.
The mailing address for Newport News Park is 13560 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News VA 23603 USA.
During the American Civil War, the current park was the site of the Battle of Dam No. 1, part of the Battle of Yorktown (1862). In the days prior to the battle, the Confederate forces constructed rifle pits and other earth works from which they held off the Union Army forces commanded by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan. The earth works were preserved; though overgrown with woods, they are accessible from the White Oak nature trail on the camping side of the reservoir.
In the 1960s, as Newport News grew, the city found itself taxing its water supply. The solution to the problem was to purchase several lakes in the Lee Hall area and pump the water into the city. To protect the cleanliness of the water, a watershed around the new Lee Hall Reservoir was created. The watershed was developed into Newport News Park in 1966, primarily through the efforts of City Manager Joe Biggins, who considered the development of a large park important as the city continued to grow.
Newport News Park offers 188 campsites, ranging from basic sites with no utilities to sites with electrical and water hookups.
There are over 30 miles (50 km) of trails in the Newport News Park complex. The park has a 5.3 mile (8.5 km) multi-use bike path. The park offers bicycle and helmet rental, and requires helmet use by children under 14.
The Newport News Park Discovery Center was built to give visitors a look at the park in a more structured, educational way. There are numerous exhibits on the types of natural life in the park, as well as exhibits on the historical aspects of the land. Civil War artifacts found in the park are on display.
Newport News Park also offers an archery range, disc golf course, and an "aeromodel flying field" for remote-controlled aircraft, complete with a 400 ft (120 m) runway. The park welcomes geocaching, with over 50 geocaches in the park (as of August 2008).
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Williamsburg
Patrick Henry Mall
12300 Jefferson Avenue Newport News VA
~15.99 miles from Williamsburg city center
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The largest in Newport News, this mall features over 120 of today's most popular shops.
Patrick Henry Mall is a shopping mall in Newport News, Virginia. It is located on Interstate 64 Westbound and Jefferson Ave at exit 255A. Patrick Henry Mall, which is named after Patrick Henry, opened as the Peninsula area's second enclosed regional mall in 1987 after Coliseum Mall in Hampton 15 years earlier in 1973. The mall is shaped as a compass with Macy's in the north, JCPenney in the east, Dillard's at the south, and in the west wing is Hampton Roads' first in-mall lifestyle area including Dick's, Borders, and Red Robin, opened in 2006 during a mall-wide renovation.
Since the redevelopment of Coliseum Mall into the Peninsula Town Center, Patrick Henry Mall is the only enclosed mall between Richmond's Regency Square and Norfolk's Gallery at Military Circle. Since 2003, along with the New River Valley Mall near Virginia Tech, it is one of two Virginia malls owned by the Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust or PREIT.
http://www.shoppatrickhenrymall.com
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